Katina Connaughton

Co-Founder and Chef-Owner, SingleThread Farms | Healdsburg, CA         

Katina Connaughton is the head farmer and co-owner of SingleThread Farm-Restaurant-Inn, in Healdsburg, CA. She’s a California native, and met, Kyle Connaughton, her now husband and the co-owner of SingleThread, when they were teenagers. Katina leads farming for SingleThread Farm's twenty-four-acre property, greenhouses, heirloom orchards, bee hives, and livestock as well as the foraging program and floral department. Katina began her first foray into farming while living in a rural agricultural community in Hokkaido, Japan. She continued culinary gardening on a Victorian estate property in England before moving to Sonoma to complete her coursework in Sustainable Agriculture and Horticulture. Katina was greenhouse manager for the Ag Program and Santa Rosa Junior College and has farmed at Davis Family Winery and The Barlow. @lumberjackieo